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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0123561

MUDDY CREEK REGIONAL WWTP, Wylie, TX: NPDES TX0123561 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MUDDY CREEK REGIONAL WWTP, held by NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit TX0123561, which discharges to Muddy Creek, Lake Ray Hubbard. EPA’s file records it issued March 17, 2020 and expiring March 17, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedMUDDY CREEK REGIONAL WWTP
Permittee as filedNORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
NPDES IDTX0123561
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 17, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 17, 2025
AddressWylie, TX 75098
Receiving waterMUDDY CREEK, LAKE RAY HUBBARD
SubwatershedMuddy Creek-Lake Ray Hubbard (HUC 120301060403)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant; the 60 with the most exceedances of 63 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
E. coli21717January 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant41716May 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]388September 30, 2025489% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general066March 31, 200799,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended322April 30, 2024473% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]311February 28, 20063% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]311April 30, 200550% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas020
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
pH300
Selenium, dry weight300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 18, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 19, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 27, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0123561.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0123561.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0123561 for the Muddy Creek Regional WWTP in Wylie, TX, held by North Texas Municipal Water District, with a permit status of administratively continued and a Major Discharger class. The page lists 50 pollutants under a numeric limit, 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 63 pollutants on file for the Muddy Creek-Lake Ray Hubbard subwatershed (HUC 120301060403).